Example sentences of "[num] [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Russia a proposal of 1802 to set up an institute which would offer an elaborate course extending over eight years to prepare young men for a diplomatic career led nowhere . |
| 2 | Ltd. but returned in 1903 to take up an appointment as chief chemist in their Salamander works in Riga . |
| 3 | WHEN LASMO Pakistan 's Mujadid Ali arrived in London in September 1991 to take up a place at London University , his first priority was concerned with degrees Fahrenheit rather than degrees academic . |
| 4 | On resigning in June 1991 to take up the post of union Defence Minister [ see p. 38288 ] he was replaced by Sudhakarrai Naik . |
| 5 | A communiqué issued after the meeting , originally scheduled for July 9 , said that ministers had agreed to " hold a meeting in September 1991 to follow up the implementation of the Damascus Declaration and to determine the priorities suitable for that " . |
| 6 | On the proposal in Recommendation 18 to set up a committee to advise on priorities for grant-aid , he argued that this would help to keep the WEA on its toes , true to its traditional concerns for rigorous study of subjects appropriate to understanding contemporary society . |
| 7 | He was educated at Wix 's Lane School , Battersea , leaving at the age of fourteen to take up an apprenticeship to a firm of fur dealers for three years . |
| 8 | Even Association football has grown at the grass roots with a further 2,000 clubs affiliating to the FA in the second half of the 1970s to make up a total of almost 40,000 . |
| 9 | Although law reform was at hand , the government found it politic in 1977 to set up a Home Office Committee on Obscenity , Indecency , Violence and Film Censorship under the Chairmanship of the Cambridge Professor of Philosophy , Bernard Williams . |
| 10 | WHEN William Stukeley arrived in Stamford in 1729 to take up the living of All Saints ' Church , he was already a well-known physician and public figure , and today he is still remembered as one of the father figures of British archaeology . |
| 11 | As the Bank of England poured in £10 billion to prop up the pound , the four big banks — Natwest , Barclays , Midland and Lloyds — and insurance giants the Pru were busy coining it by speculating . |
| 12 | He remained there for about two years before returning to England in July 1657 to take up a position as mathematics tutor to Joscelyne Percy , son of Algernon Percy , tenth Earl of Northumberland [ q.v. ] , at Petworth , an appointment which seems to have been due to the influence of the Puritan reformer Samuel Hartlib [ q.v . ] . |
| 13 | The new rules forbid more than one to put up a sign , a rule usually ignored by whoever is second or third on the list . |
| 14 | The UN Secretary-General 's special envoy in the Iran-Iraq peace talks , Jan Eliasson , shuttled between Tehran and Baghdad , the capitals of Iran and Iraq , between Nov. 1 and 16 to speed up the process . |
| 15 | number one to take up the work of the . |
| 16 | In a rather haphazard fashion , and greatly encouraged by the British , Roosevelt finally agreed in 1942 to set up the Office of Strategic Services ( OSS ) under the command of Colonel William Donovan . |
| 17 | Using a polyester line without sleeving allows easy adjustment by re-tying the knot after shortening a line or , in the case of minor differences , adding an overhand knot or two to take up a couple of centimetres . |
| 18 | He held rival services until his return to Britain in 1852 to take up a stipend at Lee in Lincoln , when he was succeeded at the Beco Chapel by a Mr Hossmer . |
| 19 | However , it was reported on Dec. 12-14 that Saudi Arabia had made an exceptional cash payment of nearly £2,000 million to make up the difference . |
| 20 | Tommy Drennan and Mr O'Donnell came next and they were looking for two to bring up the rear . |
| 21 | SATURDAY , AM Neighbourhood clean-up patrols gather by the thousands to sweep up the mess . |
| 22 | David came back to Scotland in 1968 to take up a post as an assistant to the director of education with the City of Edinburgh Corporation . |
| 23 | The second development in family planning in India was of a very different kind and involved the attempt by the state during the Emergency of 1975/76 to step up the programme . |